Paleobuprestis is an ichnogenus of bioerosion trace fossils found in wood that are thought to have been produced by the larvae of beetles in the family Buprestidae (the jewel beetles). It was first described by American paleontologist and park naturalist Myrl V. Walker in 1938, based on channels found just under the bark of petrified logs from the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, dated to the Late Triassic epoch. He described two different species of these markings: Paleobuprestis maxima for channels with a diameter of about 10 mm, and Paleobuprestis minima for those with a diameter of only 2 mm.[3] Paleobuprestis has since also been recorded from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation and the Upper Cretaceous Price River Formation. In 2013, a third ichnospecies, Paleobuprestis sudeticus, was described from the Viséan-aged Paprotnia Beds in the Polish Sudetes.[4] In 2006, Charles L. Bellamy established a new genus-group name Archeobuprestis for P. maxima and P. minima, considering the name Paleobuprestis to be unavailable under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature because it was described after 1930 without a type species designation in its original publication.[2][5]
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Trace fossil classification 
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| Ichnofamily: | †Trypanitidae |
| Ichnogenus: | †Paleobuprestis Walker, 1938 |
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| Paleobuprestis maxima Walker, 1938
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Archeobuprestis Bellamy, 2006 | |
Wisshak, Knaust and Bertling (2019) classify the ichnogenus Paleobuprestis as a member of the ichnofamily Trypanitidae, which also includes the common trace fossil Trypanites.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Wisshak, M.; Knaust, D.; Bertling, M. (2019). "Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list". Facies. 65 (2): 24. Bibcode:2019Faci...65...24W. doi:10.1007/s10347-019-0561-8.
- ^ a b Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Fossil Buprestidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Walker, M.V. (1938). "Evidence of Triassic insects in the Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 85 (3033): 137–141. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.85-3033.137. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ Muszer, J.; Uglik, M. (2013). "Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the upper Visean Paprotnia Beds (Bardo Unit, Polish Sudetes) using ichnological and palaeontological data". Geological Quarterly. 57 (3): 365–384. doi:10.7306/gq.1095 (inactive 1 November 2024).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ Bellamy, C. L. (2006). "Nomenclatural notes and corrections in Buprestidae (Coleoptera)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 81 (3): 145–158. (Abstract via ResearchGate Archived 21 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine)
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